sufferingnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈsʌf.ər.ɪŋ/us/ˈsʌf.ɚ.ɪŋ/B2 physical or mental pain that a person or animal is feeling:
The war will cause widespread human suffering.
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- Now she is at peace and her suffering is over.
- After months of suffering, his death was a mercy.
- The idea is to kill the animal as quickly as possible without causing unnecessary suffering.
- The drugs did nothing to alleviate her suffering.
- No report can convey the unspeakable suffering that this war has caused.
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Pain & painful
- -racked
- achy
- agonizing
- cluster headache
- dodgy
- earache
- hell
- hurt
- masochism
- non-ulcer stomach pain
- painful
- painfully
- rack
- racking
- shooting pains
- sore
- tender
- throb
- torment
- wince
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